Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 13:28:08 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> To: Webmaster <hhaines@eigen.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: DNS and Sendmail Message-ID: <96Jan24.133156est.20482@janus.border.com> In-Reply-To: <199601241759.LAA00922@newton.eigen.net>
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On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Webmaster wrote:
>
> I have a Freebsd server running dns and sendmail for my internet provider
> service. From inside my domain I can address mail to user@my.domian, and it
> will be delivered correctly. But from outside (i.e. somewhere else on the
> internet) the message must be addressed to user@mailhost.my.domain. Is this
> a DNS problem I am having or sendmail? I have been through DNS and BIND and
> Sendmail by O'Reilly, but I must be missing it.
>
> Hank Haines
>
>
>
Create a Mail eXchange(MX) record(DNS) for your domain that says who
gets the mail.. Make sure that the sendmail config file knows what to do
with the mail when it gets it...
This may help a bit...
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